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• ISKO UK Meetup - What Information Behaviour and Practices Mean for Use of Metadata and Knowledge Organization Systems

  • When
    16 Apr 2024
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    6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Starting with what we know about information behaviour and information practices in business environments, Prof Marianne Lykke will discuss what it means for Knowledge Organisation, specifically for the use of metadata and Knowledge Organisation Systems and the role they play in information systems, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies.

  Marianne Lykke is a professor and leader of the Research Section of Human-Centered Science and Digital Technologies at the Department of Communication and Psychology at Aalborg University. Her research interests include the design of knowledge organisation systems, user studies and user experience, user-centred design methodologies, and science communication. She has advised and carried out consultancy work for various public and private organisations.

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• ISKO UK 2024 AGM - All welcome!

  • When
    23 Apr 2024
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    5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  We hope you can join us on our 17th Annual General Meeting when you can hear about our activities over the past year as well as planned developments for the year ahead.

  This will be the unique opportunity to meet colleagues and take part to discussion about the future of ISKO UK and the information profession at large.

  All are welcome: members and non-members

  A provisional agenda and other relevant papers will be available in the Members area of the ISKO UK website few days prior to the AGM and a Zoom URL will be sent to registrants 24 hours prior to the AGM .

  For any queries, please contact chair@iskouk.org

  
  

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• ISKO UK Meetup - FINRA's Machine-Readable Rulebook Initiative

  • When
    14 May 2024
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    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) staff will provide a demonstration of their machine-readable rulebook initiative. As part of this initiative, FINRA developed a taxonomy - a method of classifying and categorizing a hierarchy of key terms and concepts - that was applied or "tagged" to the 40 most frequently viewed FINRA rules. The taxonomy allows users to apply an enhanced search feature to find specific content by starting with a broad topic and then narrowing down to more specific topics through sub-categories and combinations of multiple terms. Based on the taxonomy, FINRA created a prototype of a rulebook search tool - the FINRA Rulebook Search Tool™ (FIRST™). FIRST is a taxonomy-based rulebook search tool designed by FINRA to make the FINRA rulebook more accessible when searching for relevant information or developing automated compliance functions. FIRST is enabled by a regulatory taxonomy applied, or "tagged," to a series of FINRA rules.

  The taxonomy enhances the FINRA rulebook by allowing users to narrow down the universe of potentially applicable rules through sophisticated search filters. In addition, the FINRA Application Programming Interface (API) Platform provides a rulebook API that enables users to receive rule content, including the taxonomy terms tagged to each of the 40 rules. These may be mapped to internal compliance systems and can facilitate the development of automated compliance tools.

  Our hope is that attendees will understand how FINRA's machine-readable rulebook initiative can help enhance firms' compliance efforts, reduce costs, and aid in risk management.

  For more information, attendees may read the Special Notice: FINRA Requests Comment on Its Machine-Readable Rulebook Initiative.

  Afshin Atabaki is Special Advisor and Associate General Counsel in FINRA's Office of General Counsel, Regulatory Practice and Policy. Mr. Atabaki has over 20 years of experience rendering expert legal advice to FINRA management and staff in connection with key regulatory requirements and policy initiatives. He is also a subject matter expert on a wide range of regulatory areas and is responsible for developing and interpreting the related rules

  Nick Vitalo is Assistant General Counsel in FINRA's Office of General Counsel, where he is responsible for developing and interpreting FINRA rules and providing legal and policy advice to FINRA management and staff. Mr. Vitalo's responsibilities involve a variety of regulatory policy initiatives and rule changes/interpretations including broker-dealer registration, books and records, anti-money laundering, customer complaint reporting and associated persons issues. Mr. Vitalo has been with FINRA in a variety of legal roles since 2015 and OGC since 2019.

  Alex Khachaturian serves as a Director in the Office of Financial Innovation at FINRA. Mr. Khachaturian supports the Office's mission in the identification and analysis of emerging technologies, laws and regulations, business models, and industry practices (both domestic and international) to inform FINRA's risk management and strategy goals. His primary area of focus, in recent years, has been at the intersection of technology, law, and regulatory compliance.

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• ISKO UK Meetup - Documents, Databases, Knowledge Graphs, LLMs and Their Common Roots in Natural Language

  • When
    3 Sep 2024
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    6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  John O'Gorman from Semantium discusses Documents, Databases, Knowledge Graphs, LLMs and their common roots in natural language.

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• ISKO UK Meetup - What's New in Skosmos 3 by Osma Suominen

  • When
    8 Oct 2024
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    6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Skosmos is an open-source, web-based SKOS browser and publishing tool designed to access controlled vocabularies for indexing, information retrieval and vocabulary development.

  With a background in Computer Science, user interface design, Linked Data and Semantic Web technologies, Osma Suominen works on opening up bibliographic metadata at the National Library of Finland.

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